Guarantee Clause

Colorado Lawmakers’ Absurd Proposal to Void TABOR 0
- April 22, 2025
The Colorado constitution as adopted in 1876 was admitted by all to be republican in form. But it imposed far more limits on the legislature’s financial powers than TABOR does.
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Is Voting on Taxes Unconstitutional?0
- April 14, 2025
A constitutional lawsuit against TABOR would have no objective merit, but the Colorado Supreme Court’s persistent hostility to TABOR might induce it to rule for the plaintiffs anyway.
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May the States Block Illegal Immigration?0
- January 30, 2025
This post summarizes what earlier posts at this site have said about the states’ power to curb illegal immigration.
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United States v. Abbott and State War Powers 0
- August 6, 2024
A federal court of appeals has upheld the right of Texas to defend itself against illegal immigration by erecting a barrier in the Rio Grande River.
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Democracies, Republics, and TABOR 0
- January 25, 2024
Contrary to popular mythology, none of the Founders drew a sharp distinction between a democracy and a republic.
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Federal court dismisses anti-TABOR lawsuit 0
- December 24, 2021
The court should have dismissed this lawsuit immediately . . . .[But] we at Colorado’s Independence Institute took it very seriously. We anticipated that unscrupulous liberal jurists might seize on it as a way to destroy TABOR.
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